Roman Personalities
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A collection of coins that highlight personalities that defined Roman culture from the late Republic to end of the Western Empire.
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151. Julian II
...Thus an ignominious end for a man came about who had hoped to restore the glory of the Roman empire during his reign as emperor. Due to his intense hatred of Christianity, the opinion...
152. Jovian
Jovian was born at Singidunum in A.D. 330, the son of the commander of Constantius II's imperial bodyguards. He also joined the guards and by A.D. 363 had risen to the post that his...
153. Valentinian I
Flavius Valentinianus, known in English as Valentinian I, (321 - November 17, 375) was a Roman Emperor (364 - 375). He was born at Cibalis, in Pannonia, the son of a successful general, Gratian...
154. Valens
After a brief stay aimed at building his troop strength and gaining a toehold in Thrace, Valens moved out to Adrianople. From there, he marched against the confederated barbarian army on August 9, 378...
154a. Procopius
Procopius (326 - May 27, 366), was a Roman usurper against Valentinian I, and member of the Constantinian dynasty. According to Ammianus Marcellinus, Procopius was a native of Cilicia. On his mother's side, Procopius...
155. Gratian
Flavius Gratianus Augustus (April 18/May 23, 359 - August 25, 383), known as Gratian, was a Western Roman Emperor from 375 to 383. He was the son of Valentinian I by Marina Severa and...
156. Valentinian II
Valentinian II (371 - 392) was elevated as Western Roman Emperor at the age of four in 375, along with his half-brother Gratian. Valentinian and his family lived in Milan, and the empire was...
157. Magnus Maximus
Magnus Maximus A Spaniard, Maximus was proclaimed emperor by his troops in 383, while serving with the army in Britain. Later legend made him King of the Britons; he handed the throne over to...
158. Flavius Victor
Flavius Victor Flavius Victor was the infant son of Magnus Maximus by his wife Helen, allegedly the daughter of Octavius. He was proclaimed an Augustus from 384 to his death in 388. Victor's father...
159. Theodosius I
Son of a senior military officer, Theodosius the Elder, Theodosius accompanied his father to Britannia to help quell the Great Conspiracy in 368. He was military commander (dux) of Moesia, a Roman province on...
159a Alia Flaccilla
Empress, wife of Theodosius the Great, died c. A. D. 385 or 386. Like Theodosius himself, his first wife, Ælia Flaccilla, was of Spanish descent. She may have been the daughter of Claudius Antonius,...
160. Theodosius II
Theodosius II Flavius Theodosius II (April, 401 - July 28, 450 ). The eldest son of Eudoxia and Arcadius who at the age of 7 became the Roman Emperor of the East. He was...
161. Arcadius
Arcadius Flavius Arcadius (377/378–May 1, 408) was Roman Emperor in the Eastern half of the Roman Empire from 395 until his death. Arcadius was the elder son of Theodosius I and Aelia Flaccilla, and...
162. Eudoxia
Eudoxia Aelia Eudoxia (d. 6 October 404) was the wife of the Eastern Roman emperor Arcadius. The daughter of a certain Bauto, a Frankish magister militum serving in the Western Roman army during the...
163 Honorius
Flavius Honorius (September 9, 384–August 15, 423) was Emperor of the Western Roman Empire from 395 until his death. He was the younger son of Theodosius I and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and...
163. Valentinian III
Valentinian III In the early years of his reign, Valentinian was overshadowed by his mother. After his marriage in 437, moreover, much of the real authority lay in the hands of the Patrician and...
164. Johannes
Johannes After the death of Honorius on August 15, 423, his closest male relative was Valentinian, son of Galla Placidia. Valentinian was currently at Constantinople. This power vacuum allowed Ioannes, the primicerius notariorum (chief...
165. Eugenius
EUGENIUS. 392-394 AD. Æ 14mm. Struck 393-394 AD. Aquileia mint. Diademed, draped, cuirassed and bearded bust right / Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm; AQP. RIC IX 59;
166. Marcian
Marcian Marcian was born in Thrace or Illyria. He spent his early life as an obscure soldier. He subsequently served for nineteen years under Ardaburius and Aspar, and took part in the wars against...
167. Leo I
Leo I Imperator Caesar Flavius Valerius Leo Augustus or Leo I of the Byzantine Empire (401–474), reigned from 457 to 474, also known as Leo the Thracian, was the last of a series of...
168. Leo I and Verina
Leo I and Verina Aelia Verina (died 484) was the wife of Byzantine emperor Leo I, and the mother-in-law of Zeno, who was married to her daughter Ariadne. Her origins are unknown. She originally...
169. Zeno
Obv: Laureate, draped bust Rev: Monogram (type 4) Mintmark: None RIC X 961
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